What color is #877B80?

#877B80 is a gray, closest to the named color Chain Mail. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #877B80?

The RGB value is 135, 123, 128: 135 red, 123 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #877B80?

The complementary color is #7B8782, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #877B80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.18:1 and white text 4.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#877B80 color

#877B80 rgb(135, 123, 128)

Shades of gray

The hex color #877B80 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 48.2% green and 50.2% blue (135, 123, 128).

Its hue angle is 335°, with 5% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 5% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Chain Mail (#81777F), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.18:1).

#877B80 color codes

HEX	`#877B80`
RGB	`rgb(135, 123, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 48.2%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(335, 5%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(335, 9%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 9%, 5%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.81, 5.52, -1.06)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.81, 5.62, 349.17)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.97, 20.876, 23.343)`
Decimal	`8878976`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #877B80, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #877B80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.18:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.06:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#877B80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.06:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.18:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #877B80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #877b80; }
.text { color: #877b80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #877b80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 123 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #877b80, #877c7b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #877B80?: #877B80 is a gray, closest to the named color Chain Mail. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #877B80?: The RGB value is 135, 123, 128: 135 red, 123 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #877B80?: The complementary color is #7B8782, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #877B80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.18:1 and white text 4.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.